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Twinettes often have their own shower, toilet, sink, mirrors, chilled-water fountain, wardrobes and a picture window. Occasionally twinettes are about the size of a roomette, with both bunks, one on top of the other, filling most of the floor space of the compartment, replacing two seats facing each
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